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Hughes Network Systems is trying to wipe out consumers' "Oh my god," reaction to the upfront cost of hardware and installation for its Direcway broadband-by-satellite service with a new program that enables customers to pay over time. Under the terms of the new Direcway 99/99 Program, consumers who purchase Direcway from DirecTV Inc.

With several other telecom companies reporting financials this week, Tellabs is not the only one under The Street's watchful eye. The latest to report: Motorola Inc. and RealNetworks Inc. Motorola Inc. In the second quarter, Motorola Inc. suffered its biggest net loss to date: $2.3 billion. The loss was primarily fueled by the $1.

MPEG LA has put the finishing touches on the licensing terms for the media delivery standard MPEG-4. Official licenses will be issued in September. The organization, which is made up of a group of patent holders governing MPEG-4, had been under fire for proposing unmanageable royalty rates. But at a recent meeting in San Francisco, the group hammered out licensing terms that it deems reasonable.

Copyright 2002 The Chronicle Publishing Co. The San Francisco Chronicle…07/17/2002 From LexisNexis Networking giant Cisco Systems lost another veteran executive Tuesday as William Nuti, in charge of sales to large telecommunications companies, left for a smaller firm on Long Island. Nuti, 38, has been named president and chief operating officer of Symbol Technologies, a company based in H...

Tellabs Inc. managed to lower its year-over-year net loss in the second quarter, but revenue dipped 32 percent. The company lowered its operating expenses during the quarter, which resulted in a narrower loss of $142.8 million, or 35 cents a share. This compares to a loss of $174.1 million, or 43 cents a share, in the second quarter 2001.

With several other telecom companies reporting financials this week, Tellabs is not the only one under The Street's watchful eye. The latest to report: Motorola Inc. and RealNetworks Inc. Motorola Inc. In the second quarter, Motorola Inc. suffered its biggest net loss to date: $2.3 billion. The loss was primarily fueled by the $1.

Competition is fierce, and in the broadband game and accurate billing is key. MSO Charter Communications Inc. is sticking with its billing partner CSG Systems at least through 2012. The newly signed contract extension calls for CSG to provide its core customer care and billing systems for Charter's high-speed data services customers.

If you want to play, you have to pay the piper. And that is just what NEC Corp. is doing. The company has inked a licensing deal with Qualcomm to develop, manufacture and sell third-generation wideband CDMA (code division multiple access) and TD-SCDMA application specific integrated circuits (ASIC) products.

LSI Logic is moving full-speed ahead in the cable modem marketplace with the shipment of its one-millionth L2161 universal cable transceiver. The L2161 chip was designed for DOCSIS cable modems. LSI is the first company to produce DOCSIS 1.1 certified silicon that is not made by Texas Instruments or Broadcom.

After 18 months of streaming its operations, deltathree is turning to an outside party to help it explore its strategic alternatives. The SIP-based voice-over-IP products and services provider is looking for ways to maximize its shareholder value, and says it will consider a number of possibilities, including a strategic alliance, joint venture, merger or acquisition.

Copyright 2002 Bulletin Broadfaxing Network, Inc. The Bulletin's Frontrunner…07/16/2002 The Washington Post (7/16, E1, Johnson) reports, "Prosecutors are preparing to indict John J. Rigas, founder of Adelphia Communications Corp., and three of his children for allegedly taking part in accounting gimmicks and self-dealing at the bankrupt cable television firm, sources close to the investig...

Just days after inking a video-on-demand content deal with Charter Communications Inc., TVN Entertainment has closed a deal to support Comcast Cable Communications Inc.'s VOD rollout in Philadelphia. The full-scale deployment, which is slated to launch this fall, calls for TVN to support 750 hours of monthly VOD programming in the Philadelphia market.